Los Angeles Dodgers lefthander Ted Lilly, who started the season on the disabled list with a strained neck but had pitched brilliantly this season until his last outing, returned to the disabled list Monday because of shoulder inflammation, according to ESPN Los Angeles and the Dodgers' website.

Righthander Nathan Eovaldi is expected to be recalled from Class AA Chattanooga to replace Lilly in the rotation. Los Angeles called up righthander Michael Antonini from Class AAA Albuquerque for Monday's game, but ESPN Los Angeles speculates that Antonini is a temporary replacement and that Eovaldi will be activated Tuesday and start against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly wouldn’t confirm any plans for the rotation, but Chattanooga pitching coach Chuck Crim confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that Eovaldi was en route to Los Angeles and said he was told the righthander would take Lilly's place in the rotation.

Lilly, 36, was off to a brilliant start this season for the first-place Dodgers, going 5-0 with a 1.79 ERA in seven starts before getting roughed up for eight runs in 3 1/3 innings Wednesday in Arizona.

Eovaldi was scheduled to start Saturday for Chattanooga but instead pitched one inning of relief, striking out all three batters.

Eovaldi, 2-2 with a 3.09 ERA at Chattanooga, appeared in 10 games (six starts) for the Dodgers last season, going 1-2 with a 3.63 ERA. As a starter he went 1-2 with a 3.09 ERA.